Less glibly, there's a fair amount of self-determination going on, isn't there? People who decide to write a sports/sports+ blog are sports bloggers. There's no hard and fast rule across the internet; it's just how people choose to categorize their writing.
Like, this is pretty clearly a sports blog. Every…
Less glibly, there's a fair amount of self-determination going on, isn't there? People who decide to write a sports/sports+ blog are sports bloggers. There's no hard and fast rule across the internet; it's just how people choose to categorize their writing.
Like, this is pretty clearly a sports blog. Every newsletter starts off with the score and a breakdown of the previous night's games, there's almost always some mlb, team, or player-related news, but then the second half of the newsletter is fair game. Maybe it's more sports news, maybe it's Ohio politics, maybe it's general leftism, maybe it's an ode to media that nobody under 40 has seen in first run.
But what if there was no MLB news highlighted? Then you've got less of a sports blog going on, but there's still a bunch of words written for every single baseball game from Sunday-Thursday. I'd have to supplement with other sources if I wanted to follow baseball, but this would still fit my definition of a sports blog.
Similarly, if Craig decided he wanted to be a "lifestyle blogger," and only dropped the blurbs, this would be very baseball-heavy for a lifestyle blog, but there's enough stuff here that it wouldn't be an inaccurate description. Plus, if your lifestyle includes enjoying sports, your lifestyle blog can have your takes on sports news.
Ultimately, it doesn't really matter. It's the difference between "Alternative," "Pop," "Rock," etc.. Sometimes fun to sate our categorization impulses, but not consequential.
I'm sure the comparison is unwelcome, but there's a reason Barstool Sports is both successful and the last man standing from that early-2010s bro-culture boom.
Sports get the ball rolling
Extraordinary news is the fuel for the furnace (h/t New York Post)
Writer personality is the glue that holds everything together and keeps the people coming back.
I think you did a fine job of it.
Less glibly, there's a fair amount of self-determination going on, isn't there? People who decide to write a sports/sports+ blog are sports bloggers. There's no hard and fast rule across the internet; it's just how people choose to categorize their writing.
Like, this is pretty clearly a sports blog. Every newsletter starts off with the score and a breakdown of the previous night's games, there's almost always some mlb, team, or player-related news, but then the second half of the newsletter is fair game. Maybe it's more sports news, maybe it's Ohio politics, maybe it's general leftism, maybe it's an ode to media that nobody under 40 has seen in first run.
But what if there was no MLB news highlighted? Then you've got less of a sports blog going on, but there's still a bunch of words written for every single baseball game from Sunday-Thursday. I'd have to supplement with other sources if I wanted to follow baseball, but this would still fit my definition of a sports blog.
Similarly, if Craig decided he wanted to be a "lifestyle blogger," and only dropped the blurbs, this would be very baseball-heavy for a lifestyle blog, but there's enough stuff here that it wouldn't be an inaccurate description. Plus, if your lifestyle includes enjoying sports, your lifestyle blog can have your takes on sports news.
Ultimately, it doesn't really matter. It's the difference between "Alternative," "Pop," "Rock," etc.. Sometimes fun to sate our categorization impulses, but not consequential.
I'm sure the comparison is unwelcome, but there's a reason Barstool Sports is both successful and the last man standing from that early-2010s bro-culture boom.
Sports get the ball rolling
Extraordinary news is the fuel for the furnace (h/t New York Post)
Writer personality is the glue that holds everything together and keeps the people coming back.